Services

The Youth Hub will deliver wrap-around services including mental health, medical, education, employment and training, recreation, creativity, social entrepreneurship and housing support to transform the lives of Canterbury’s young people in a one-stop-shop model.

The Hub will avoid gaps and overlaps in the provision of services to young people by having organisations co-located. This will encourage co-operation and collaboration rather than competition between organisations.

The following 12 organisations have committed to moving into the Youth Hub.

Youthline is a youth development organisation assisting young people to reach their potential.

We run 24/7 crisis helpline with telephone, text and web-chat support. It provides crisis support as well as information and referral services. It is staffed by young volunteers, for young people supporting young people.

We provide training on youth health and development to all adults and young people who work with young people; undertake evaluation of services to young people, research how youth development can be assisted and advocate for and with young people.

Community Law Canterbury is a not-for-profit organisation which works to reduce and remove barriers to the law. We provide quality, free legal help to people in Canterbury and the Grey and Westland Districts, who face barriers in accessing justice.

We are a Christian social service agency guided by the Gospel and respecting the Treaty of Waitangi. We promote justice and equal opportunity for all in our community.

Within this, more specifically the City Mission seeks to support, care and advocate for those who are marginalized through social and economic factors and are at risk through unemployment, inadequate housing, family breakdown, addiction, financial difficulties or mismanagement, abuse or other difficulty.

The Mission works in both crisis and preventative ways to improve the quality of people’s lives and enable them to be more self sufficient.

Cultivate Christchurch

Cultivate Christchurch inspires and engages young people who are not currently in education, employment or training. It does it outdoors – with hands in the dirt, helping young people learn how to grow vegetables.

Other organisations that will be invited to have an office on site for visiting staff: